I'll say it for the 10th time probably, but show me someone somewhere on a board anywhere that said they voted for Darth Revan. I just don't believe that he/she got that many votes. I get the whole Video Game thing but I also don't think non-collectors would care enough to vote for something that real collectors didn't really support on any boards I saw. I really don't care that they are saying Revan got #2 because I think the 4 OT characters are pretty much a lock at some point in the next two years, it just seems royally fishy to me

Indulge the bitter old purist for a second... as I said at RS, I can't believe only 4 of the 25 are from the OT. Just a few years ago, all 25 would have been from the OT. Does it hurt me that EU figs are produced? No, not really, but it can be looked at as that many more OT figs that would have been produced instead. Well, if it keeps the line going, that's fine with me.

That's kind of the way I see it. We really have gotten so many OT characters at this point that we're really starting to grasp for characters that will be made into figures for the first time. I think it's also kind of telling that we only had 6 PT characters in the poll (and that's if you include Clone Wars Padme). I think the line has just gotten so much bigger in the modern era that character selection has become something of an issue. Just how many first time figures can we get every year? Especially with lines consisting of 70+ figures a year like this year, or even if the line were to consist of 50 figures?

With that in mind, it seems like the EU is going to be the wave of the future for Star Wars figures. Because eventually I think we're going to run out of Cantina aliens and Jabba's Palace aliens.

As for the votes for Revan? I stand by my statement that with KOTOR being one of the hottest games of the past 5 years that there was a big fanbase waiting to be tapped. As for them having to make a concerted effort to vote for Revan? I don't think it was a big deal for people to cast their votes. Actually, ToyFare made it pretty easy to vote. I think that a lot of the votes for Revan came from people who are more casual collectors and might hang out at board like TNI, Figures.com, ToyFare's forums and even video game boards. Just because those people aren't hanging out at dedicated SW boards doesn't mean that their votes should count any less.

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I'll say it for the 10th time probably, but show me someone somewhere on a board anywhere that said they voted for Darth Revan. I just don't believe that he/she got that many votes. I get the whole Video Game thing but I also don't think non-collectors would care enough to vote for something that real collectors didn't really support on any boards I saw. I really don't care that they are saying Revan got #2 because I think the 4 OT characters are pretty much a lock at some point in the next two years, it just seems royally fishy to me

I have to admit I did actually vote for Revan. Normally I'd want to see movie figures, mainly OT stuff, before we get EU figures. For me KOTOR seems to be the exception. I'd have loved to have see a subline of KOTOR characters. Personally I'd love for them to finish up KOTOR and finish up the other charcters. I'll be happy buying Revan.

Perhaps I'm miscounting, but it looks like 30% of the total votes were cast for videogame characters... I'm still blown away by that.

That is my single and absolute most biggest gripe about this whole thing.

Don't get me wrong I love video games as much as the next guy and I hit battlefront II hard every few days but video games characters (solely from video games) do nothing for me. I like to display figures in dioramas or true to the movie displays. A video game figure would just collect dust in a box somewhere in my basement.

I love Kotor, not so much Kotor2, but not that much.

To me it is just more figures I will not be buying, unless they make good customizing fodder.

1. Over the past 2 years, you guys have really been going to town on the characters from the ToyFare 2006 Fan Choice Poll. Over half of the “Top 25” finalists from that poll have been made into figures, with a few more rumored for 2009. Sounds like it’s time for a new poll, don’t you think? ?

** Yes indeed, yes indeed. We have to say that poll was a great way to get the pulse of what resonates with fans, and it has been a great inspiration as we have planned out the line. At our current count, by the end of 2009, we will have released 18 of the 25 choices with another 3-4 likely in the 2010 line. We do think it's time for a new poll (perhaps with a retrospective) and will talk with Toy Fare about the possibilities. Stay tuned!

I'm still a tad surprised that the list was soooo PT and EU heavy, I thought for sure the Tonnika Sisters would have made it. I realize this was put out by Wizard and there a lot of ties to the comics and novels due to that association, it was just surprising. Glad to see them listening though too...